CVE-2012-3504

LOW 3.6CVE-2012-3504 · Published 10/10/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-3504 is a LOW (CVSS 3.6) vulnerability affecting crypto-utils (fedoraproject).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.46%, higher than 39.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
crypto-utils fedoraproject	`= 2.4.1-34`	No fix yet

Description

The nssconfigFound function in genkey.pl in crypto-utils 2.4.1-34 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the "list" file in the current working directory.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/3
securityfocus.com/bid/55756
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79016

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